Progeria Among the rarest people are with Progeria also known as Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome. This disease gives teens the frail bodies of people near 100 years old. This disease increases body aging to about seven times as fast. He or she will have similar respiratory, cardiovascular,and arthritic conditions as a 70 year old. It is believed that it is cause by a abnormal gene. Normally for each gene there are two copies, one from each parent. Progeria is considered to be the result of a dominant mutation.
Symptoms of Progeria
Growth failure during the first year of life
Narrow or shrunken face
limited range of motion
Treatment for Progeria
currently there is no treatment for Progeria
EXAMS AND TESTS INCLUDE
Signs include
Insulin-resistant diabetes
Skin changes are similar to that seen to scleroderma
Genetic testing can be detected by mutations in lamin A that cause progeria.
Progeria is associated with a short life span. Some people can live up to 30 years. The cause of death is related to the heart or a stroke.
Progeria
signs of progeria
Statistics of Progeria
Out of the whole world only one in 8 million people get the disease Progeria. For every one year with progeria it equals as 10 years of aging.
Inheritance
Progeria may be a de novo dominant trait. It develops during cell division in a newly conceived child or the gametes of one of the parents.
Among the rarest people are with Progeria also known as Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome. This disease gives teens the frail bodies of people near 100 years old. This disease increases body aging to about seven times as fast. He or she will have similar respiratory, cardiovascular,and arthritic conditions as a 70 year old. It is believed that it is cause by a abnormal gene. Normally for each gene there are two copies, one from each parent. Progeria is considered to be the result of a dominant mutation.
Symptoms of Progeria
Treatment for Progeria
currently there is no treatment for Progeria
EXAMS AND TESTS INCLUDE
Signs include
Progeria is associated with a short life span. Some people can live up to 30 years. The cause of death is related to the heart or a stroke.
Statistics of Progeria
Inheritance
Progeria may be a de novo dominant trait. It develops during cell division in a newly conceived child or the gametes of one of the parents.
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